Hand-rest.



Patented Aug. 7, I900. F. H. THIER.

HAND BEST.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH HERMANN THIER, OF KOENIGSTEIN, GERMANY.

HAN D-R EST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 655,284, dated August 7, 1900.

Application filed October 13, 1899. Serial No. 733,516. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH HERMANN THIER, a subject of the King of Saxony, residing at Koenigstein, Saxony, German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to'Hand-Rests', (for which I have made application for patent in Germany, design Patent No.117,946, dated June 3, 1899; in Great Britain, No. 11,986, dated June 8, 1899;.in Switzerland, filed June 12, 1899, and in Austria, filed June 12, 1899,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is a hand-rest for use when writing in thick books or the like.

The hand-rest consists of twoleaves, plates, boards, or frames 1) b, hinged together at a, the plates being made of wood, metal, or the like,

the upper one being providedwith a slot 0' By resting the hand on the upper plate the latter will secure the weight 6 in position.

A nut or knob f is preferably arranged in the top of the pin (Z to aid in moving and securing the wedge in position.

In order to be able to fix the hand-rest to the book, 650., when there is no room on the table for the placing of the lower plate, the

latter may be provided with a thin plate g,

of metal or the like, revolubly pivoted on a 2. A hand-rest comprising two leaves hinged together at their edges, a slot in one of the leaves a wedge provided with a pin projecting through said slot, and means for adjusting and securing said pin in the slot substantially as described.

3. A hand-rest comprising two leaves hinged together at their edges, 2. slot in one of the leaves, a wedge provided with a pin projecting through said slot and means for adjusting and securing said pin in the slot and a thin plate pivoted on the under side of the plate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of Witnesses BUD. SCHMIDT, PAUL ARRAs. 

